By Gazzotti & Kehlmann Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781949182508 Alone is a well constructed, well presented thriller aimed at kids and young teens that mixes the simplistic outlook of childhood with having to survive in a world with no adults and very few other children. It treads a careful line between the darker horrors that reality […]
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The Realist
By Asaf Hanuka Publisher: Archaia ISBN: 9781608866885 Asaf Hanuka is an interesting conglomeration. He’s an Israeli cartoonist of Iraqi parentage, he’s married to a Polish wife, he’s a father, a workaholic, an atheist and a twin. He lives in a country that gives him a hard time because of his ancestral heritage and yet he […]
Wisher Vol 4: Bowler Hat & Faery-Cane
By De Vita & Latour Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849182317 The genie is very much out of the bottle now, with Nigel in control of his transformation, but when he attempts to use his monumental wishing powers to save Merlin the cost of those powers is exposed. With a traitor amongst them and the forces of […]
Bunny vs Monkey Book Two
By Jamie Smart Publisher: David Fickling Books ISBN: 9781910200476 Part of The Phoenix’s success is its blend of stories, from action and adventure through to historical comedy and onto the complete unruly mayhem that is Bunny vs Monkey. Jamie Smart somehow encapsulates everything that is daft and wonderful about the kids’ comics we used to […]
Kenya Vol 5: Illusions
By Rodolphe and Leo Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849182669 This concluding part to the Kenya story offers an explanation of the surreal events out in Africa, although it doesn’t quite answer all of the questions, plus it also sees the surprising demise of one of the leading characters following a redeeming act. Beyond that, saying much […]
MPH
By Millar & Fegredo Publisher: Image ISBN: 9781632152657 Mark Millar continues to beat his own path in comicdom by exploring the genre’s tropes and wider conventions with a contemporary eye. By not having to conform to decades of back story he enjoys taking something we think we know well and creating something altogether fresh with it. […]
